http://blog.marinegirl.co.uk [Down Under] Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:23:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://blog.marinegirl.co.uk/2008/08/31/fishing-at-toomulla-a-while-back/ Differences between here and there, #2 Australia: "Visible white" is an advert for washing powder. Philippines: "Visible white" is an advert for skin cream. http://blog.marinegirl.co.uk/2008/06/15/differences-between-here-and-there-2/ Back in April I blogged about staying at the Malon House in Baclayon. A couple of weeks ago I received the following comment on one of my photos of the house that I posted on flickr: I googled my name and these photos came up. This is my late grandmother's ... http://blog.marinegirl.co.uk/2008/06/13/update-the-malon-house-baclayon/ 500g rolled oats 100g almonds, roughly chopped A few handfuls of sunflower seeds Some dried cranberries A small pot of clear honey 1. Mix the dry ingredients (not the cranberries) together in a bowl. 2. Warm the honey till it's nice and runny. Do this in a bowl if your housemates are worried that you will ... http://blog.marinegirl.co.uk/2008/06/09/home-made-granola/ Differences between here and there, #1 Philippines: Collecting coconuts involves a bad-ass machete and bare feet. Australia: Collecting coconuts involves a hard hat, climbing harness, rappel gear and a lot of orange cones. http://blog.marinegirl.co.uk/2008/06/09/differences-between-here-and-there-1/ I'm back in Townsville again after six months living in the Philippines. Australia seems... sterile. It's weird walking around town and there being so few people, so little hustle and bustle, no-one bumping into me or trying to sell me anything. Even though there's some kind of biker festival on this ... http://blog.marinegirl.co.uk/2008/06/05/back-down-under/ http://blog.marinegirl.co.uk/2008/06/05/10-second-fish/ http://blog.marinegirl.co.uk/2008/05/21/gone-diving/ http://blog.marinegirl.co.uk/2008/05/20/sunny-underwater/ My last few weeks in the Phils have been wet and windy. Summer is over before it even began, and the Habagat has started early. Typhoons are swarming all over Asia, at a time of year which is usually calm and sunny for the Philippines. Somewhere, Al Gore is laughing ... http://blog.marinegirl.co.uk/2008/05/20/weather-blues/